The Honey-ant men's love song and other aboriginal song poems / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Martin Duwell
- Bib ID:
- 1765276
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Queensland : University of Queensland Press ; Portland, Or. : Distributed in the USA and Canada by International Specialized Book Services, 1990
- xvi, 147 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 070222278X
- Series:
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- UQP poetry
- UQP paperbacks
- Summary:
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Traditional songs from Alyawarre/Warlpiri, Dyirbal, Burarra (Gidjingali dialect) and Wangkangurru; concerns secular themes and mythological, such as honey-ant, cockatoo, crow, eel, brolga, sugar glider, morning star, carpet snakes.
- Notes:
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- Translated from Dyirbal, Warlpiri, Burarra and Wangkangurru.
- Original text and English text on facing pages.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australian poetry
- Aboriginal Australian poetry -- Translations into English
- Folk songs, Aboriginal Australian
- Animals - Birds - Parrots
- Animals - Fish - Eels
- Music - Vocal
- Dyirbal / Djirbal / Jirrabul language (Y123) (Qld SE55-05)
- Dyirbal / Djirbal / Jirrabul people (Y123) (Qld SE55-05)
- Burarra people (N82) (NT SD53-02)
- Maringarr / Gidjingali language (N102) (NT SD52-11)
- Warlpiri people (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- Animals - Birds - Brolgas
- Stories and motifs - Fish
- Maringarr / Gidjingali people (N102) (NT SD52-11)
- Alyawarr / Alyawarre people (C14) (NT SF53-07)
- Magic and sorcery - Love magic
- Stories and motifs - Stars
- Stories and motifs - Ants and termites
- Stories and motifs - Snakes
- Stories and motifs - Eagles / hawks / crows
- Wangkangurru / Wangganguru people (L27) (SA SG53-12)
- Burarra people (N135) (NT SD53-03)
- Warlpiri language C15
- Wangkangurru language L27
- Wangkangurru / Wangganguru language (L27) (SA SG53-12)
- Anmatyerr language C8.1
- Burarra language N82
- Yidinj language Y117
- Gun-narta language N191
- Gun-narda language N190
- Burarra language (N82) (NT SD53-02)
- Dyirbal / Jirrbal language Y123
- Warlpiri language (C15) (NT SF52-04)
- Australia
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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